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Deputies charge South Carolina man with attempted murder

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Henderson County sheriff's deputies charged a Traveler's Rest, South Carolina, man with attempted first degree murder after the alleged victim sought treatment for a gunshot wound at an urgent care clinic.

Hendersonville police officers responded to FastMed on the Spartanburg Highway regarding a person seeking medical attention for a gunshot wound on Friday morning.

Once investigators determined that the incident involving the gunshot occurred in the Saluda area of Henderson County, deputies responded to that location and secured the crime scene while detectives interviewed witnesses. After the interviews and investigation, detectives charged Joshua Charles Garren, 30, with attempted first-degree murder. On Monday Garren was in the Henderson County jail under a $500,000 secured bond. The victim was transported to Mission Hospital.